“I believe in states’ rights,” explained the man who would become the Conservative Beyoncé. “And I believe that we’ve distorted the balance of our government today by giving powers that were never intended in the Constitution to that federal establishment. And if I do get the job I’m looking for, I’m going to devote myself to trying to reorder those priorities and to restore to the states and local communities those functions which properly belong there.”14 The “States’ Rights” speech would become part of political history. Three months later, that candidate, Ronald Reagan, enjoyed one of the
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